Doorcheck



. Patented Apr. 12, 1927,.

""vNI ED IST S A E T;QFF-ICBJTI I ARTHUR n. HIGKIE, or LANSING,mronrenn.

.DOOBCHEGK.

Application filed April 20,1926. Serial No. 103,290.

This invention relates to door checks of the invertible type, and hasfor its object the production of a cheap and very strong door holderhaving parts of special con- '5 struction and arrangement, and which maybe easily and conveniently operated by the foot entirely without the useof the hands.

The special construction and arrangement of the parts of this inventionare illustrated in the accompanying drawings of which Fig.

lrepresents a door shown edgewise and having this, invention appliedthereto in hold-' 7 ing position. Fig. 2 is a like view of a door withthis inventioninverted and drawn in its vertical position against thedoor. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

' Throughout the drawings and this explanation the same number is usedto refer to the same part. v Y a Considering the drawings, a door 1 hasthereon a keeper 2 provided with a back plate 3 secured to the door inany manner, as by the screws 4:. The keeper hasprojecting ears throughwhich pass a pivot bolt 5.

Z Referred to generally by the numeral 6 is a single piece of sheetmetal bent upon itself to form the body of the check which is hollow.From the end of the piece of'metal on one side are the turned in shorterflanges or :o walls 7, and from the end of the piece on the other sldeare the longer turned in flanges 8.

At the lower end of the hollow body is secured the non-metallic,floor-engaging foot 9. p

:5 The ends of the flanges 7 and 8 are the projecting stop membersalternately brought into contact or engagement with the pivot bolt 5.That is to say, when the body 6 is inverted against the door 1 the end10 of the 0 shorter flanges 7 rests on the pivot bolt 5,

but when the check is in operatingposition:

with the foot upon the floor,'the tops 11 of the flanges 8 press"against the bolt.

The construction described leaves atone 5 side of the body alongitudinal opening 12, and this opening is closed at'the topbythe bendof the metal piece, and engages the bolt 5 as illustrated. The openingenables the body to be slipped up .and down upon 0 the bolt 5.

In the operation of this invention, assume the body tobe in its verticalposition against thedoor as shown in 2. A slight upward pressure by thefoot on the bent end of the metal piece raises .the whole until the boltoccupies the rounded and bent end;

Now, the body becomes overbalanced and the end having the foot 9 fallsinto contact with The body assumes an inclined position as illustrated,and vif the door is pulled or wind blown the bolt and the upper ends ofthe longer, flanges meet, and no further movement of the door can takeplace. Obviously, a suitable movementcby the foot of the operator willturn the body up against the door again. As many modifications can bereadily made in the parts of this invention, it is not intended thatanything in,

this description shall limit the structures to the forms shown.

Having now described this invention and its operation, what I claimis 1. An invertible door check, comprising single piece of metal bentupon itself to form a hollow body, a non-metallicfloor-engaging footsecured in -the, lower end of the body, said body having shorter flangeson one side shorter flanges encounter the said bolt. p 2. An invertibledoor check, comprising a body portion, a floor-engaging foot secured inthe lower part of the said body, a keeper secured to a door and having apivot bolt, said body having an opening lengthwise at the side extendingto the top of the body and and longerflanges on the othersiole leavingclosed at the top and engaging the said bolt,

said body having two contact members, one,

of said members being located at said closed top of said opening on oneside of the body andthe other member at the lower end of the saidopening on the other side of thebody whereby when said foot engages thefloor the top contact member engages the pivot bolt, and when the saidbody is in.-

verted. the lower of the said members engages the pivot bolt.

longitudinal openingthrough the said body,

a support havlng a pin arranged to engage the said opening and to meetthe top of the longer flanges when the check is in operative positionand a floor contact foot se- 1 cured in the end of the said body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR F. HICKIE.

